BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING (BMEG)
Biomedical engineering is a discipline which integrates the engineering sciences with biology and medicine. The field of biomedical engineering has seen a dramatic escalation over the past 20 years leading to the development of a wide variety of medical devices, medical procedures and a basic understanding of biological processes. Scientists have now realized that engineering principles can be used to study and understand biological processes. The University of Arizona has established strengths in the field of medical and biological engineering with faculty members providing education and research opportunities from nearly every scientific discipline on the campus. The program's major goal is to provide graduate education to students in biomedical engineering.
No undergraduate biomedical engineering degrees are offered. The University Committee on Biomedical Engineering coordinates options available to undergraduate students in established engineering programs. The program educates undergraduates in the field of biomedical engineering through courses, senior design engineering projects and investigator sponsored research projects.